Artist description "Metal rocks" states Disciple frontman, Kevin Young, "that's the bottom line. When someone hears 'Enter Sandman,' whether in '91 or whether it's the year 2000, it's always an awesome song. I don't care who the flavor of the month." Believe it or not, the conversation drifted rather casually to Metal - probably the natural result of analyzing Disciple's multi-layered style and strikingly peculiar career. While they have been called everything from "rap core" to "heavy groove", the boys from Knoxville, Tennessee do not fit easily into any marketing hype code. And, no matter what spice they coat it with - whether it be "what could be called rapping" or "the way they rhythmically sing stuff" - screaming and soloing below, and often above the surface of every Disciple beat is a strand of Southern Metal that survived, even blossomed among the Cobane-era antibodies. Started in 1992, and influenced by the likes of Living Color, Pantera, and Whitecross, Disciple became a premature phoenix rising even before the ashes of '80s Metal had settled…. …..Their new album, on Rugged Records, is called "By God", and promises to pick up where the heavy Sting… left off, except even more diverse and "a lot more of everything". "A lot of people liked our What was I thinking album, explains Kevin. "We did that one back in 1995, and we were really, I guess grungy, you know - still kinda grooving, getting a little rappy or whatever, but we were maturing in to that. And by the time we got to Sting… we were just real heavy, screaming a lot, no slow songs whatsoever. Well, a lot of our older fans really liked our old album - the younger kids liked Sting… better -- so what we did, and I know we didn't set out to do this, but I think the end result of the new album is a mixture of Thinking and Sting. The heavy stuff is so cool, I love it, and we've got a couple slow songs, and they're just really great. I think they're just the best love songs we've ever done, and they're very worshipful. If someone loves to worship God to music I think they're going to love these songs." (exerts from article in HM Issue # 85 by Treble Bandopple)

Music Style Rap Core, Metal, Hard Rock

Musical Influences Prince, Will Calhoun, Lenny Kravits

Similar Artists Rage Against the Machine, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Kid Rock,

Group Members Kevin Young, Tim Barret, Brad Noah

Instruments Guitar, Bass, Drums

Albums Back Again, By God, This Might Sting A Little, My Daddy Can Whip Your Daddy, What Was I Thinking

Press Reviews GOT HEAVY? You will, because 22-songs and 78 minutes of heavy are about to hit your speakers like a plastic cup at baseball bat convention. With mercilessly heavy grooves and a fearless rap-rock vocal attack, Disciple's latest, By God, promises to be the album that puts the Nookie on notice. As the perfect complement for fans of Kid Rock and Limp Bizkit, By God breaks new ground for Disciple with powerful anthems like "Not Rock Stars," potential-crossovers like "God of Elijah," and even mellow-yet-heavy worship songs like "You Are Here" and "Thousand Things." By God is the follow-up to Disciple's best-selling smash, This Might Sting a Little, which earned two nominations each from the Inspiration Life 2000 and the Dove Awards.

Location Maryville, TN - USA

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